Presentation: Archiving Presentation with Notes (PDF)

Homework Handout: Archival Survey Worksheet (Microsoft Word Document)

Additional Readings:

• Manchester Histories Toolkit: Creating Your Own Archive (PDF)
• Archives Association of British Columbia: A Manual for Small Archives (PDF)
• Library of Congress: “Your Personal Archiving Project: Where Do You Start?” (PDF)

Recording: Session 1 Recording

Presentation: Oral History Presentation with Notes (PDF)

Homework Handouts:

• Interview Record Template (Microsoft Word Document)
• AFTA Deed of Gift / Release Form (Fillable PDF)
• AFTA Participant Info Data Form (Fillable PDF)

Additional Readings:

• The American Folklife Center: Folklife and Fieldwork: An Introduction to Cultural Documentation (link to download PDF)

Recording: Session 2 Recording

• Library of Congress Personal Digital Archiving Resources: The Library of congress provides a range of informational sources on digital preservation, including pamphlets, guides, slideshows, and videos.
• Purdue’s Digital Archiving Libguide: This guide offers digital archiving basics, in addition to detailed information on preservation for different digital formats and secure storage options.
• University of Michigan’s Digital Archiving LibGuide: Originally published in print as a zine, this LibGuide offers tips on digital archiving, and includes information specific to text, image, audio, and video files, as well as links to additional resources.
• University of Michigan’s “Bits and Pieces” Blog: This blog, also published by University of Michigan Libraries, is a great resource if you are interested in learning more about digital preservation. Their posts focus on a wide range of digital preservation issues and topics, and is an approachable way to learn more about this area of archiving.

Digital Archiving Tools

• Plateau People’s Web Portal

Community Archives Sites

• A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland

Digital Humanities Projects

• Mapping Police Violence

Online Exhibits

• Kentucky Folklife Program’s A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green
  
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts’ Coming Home, Hog Style: Homecoming Memories Through the Years

Community Tours

• Horse Cave, Kentucky’s Horse Cave Stories

Easy Oral History Presentation

• Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies SoundCloud
• Kentucky Folklife Program’s YouTube Channel

Web Resources

• Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History: This center is based at the University of Kentucky.
• Oral History in the Digital Age: The website is a product of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership project and a collaboration among the Michigan State University Museum; Michigan State University Digital Humanities Center, Matrix; the American Folklife Center (AFC/LOC), the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH); the American Folklore Society (AFS); the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries; and the Oral History Association.
• Digital Omnium: A blog by Doug Boyd, an oral historian widely regarded as an expert in regards to equipment and interview indexing.
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts – Resources for Remote Interviewing: Advice for interviewing while social distancing during COVID-19.
• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts – Documenting COVID-19: Useful whether you would like to participate in AFTA’s project or work on one on your own.

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Interview Documentation Templates

• Interview Record (Microsoft Word Document)
• Audio Log (Microsoft Word Document)
• Transcription (Microsoft Word Document )
• Photo Log (Microsoft Word Document)

• Georgia Archives “Guidelines for Selecting Storage Supplies” (PDF): This handout provides a detailed overview of archival supplies that are recommended for various formats and types of materials.
• Texas Historical Commission’s “Collection Protection” Handout (PDF): This handout from a webinar on this topic provides a list of reputable archival/museum supply companies, as well as definitions of various terminology you may find in descriptions of these supplies. While this handout is geared towards museum objects, much of what it covers also applies to paper-based archival materials.